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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 182be0f12407..ac1d6b0a6f09 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4014,6 +4014,23 @@ sub process {
}
}
+# check for unnecessary "Out of Memory" messages
+ if ($line =~ /^\+.*\b$logFunctions\s*\(/ &&
+ $prevline =~ /^[ \+]\s*if\s*\(\s*(\!\s*|NULL\s*==\s*)?($Lval)(\s*==\s*NULL\s*)?\s*\)/ &&
+ (defined $1 || defined $3) &&
+ $linenr > 3) {
+ my $testval = $2;
+ my $testline = $lines[$linenr - 3];
+
+ my ($s, $c) = ctx_statement_block($linenr - 3, $realcnt, 0);
+# print("line: <$line>\nprevline: <$prevline>\ns: <$s>\nc: <$c>\n\n\n");
+
+ if ($c =~ /(?:^|\n)[ \+]\s*(?:$Type\s*)?\Q$testval\E\s*=\s*(?:\([^\)]*\)\s*)?\s*(?:devm_)?(?:[kv][czm]alloc(?:_node|_array)?\b|kstrdup|(?:dev_)?alloc_skb)/) {
+ WARN("OOM_MESSAGE",
+ "Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message\n" . $hereprev);
+ }
+ }
+
# check for bad placement of section $InitAttribute (e.g.: __initdata)
if ($line =~ /(\b$InitAttribute\b)/) {
my $attr = $1;